# 2008 Primera A

The Primera A 2008 season (officially "Torneo Primera A 2008") started on February 23, 2008. The Apertura champions was Orión and the Clausura champion was Río Abajo F.C. On November 15, 2008 a grand final was played and Río Abajo were crowned champions after defeating 2–1 Orión. However Río Abajo lost the promotion play-off against Plaza Amador in a 3–2 aggregate score, thus failing to promote to ANAPROF.

## Changes for 2008

* The league is once again separated into Apertura and Clausura.
* The Primera A champion will play a playoff for promotion with the last team in the ANAPROF general standings instead of being promoted directly.
* There will be no relegation during this season.
* The Apertura and Clausura winners will play a match in order to decide an overall champion who would play the playoff for promotion to ANAPROF. This playoff between the Apertura and Clausura champions is the same as the Grand Championship format used previously in ANAPROF and Primera A.
* Club Deportivo Policía Nacional renamed themselves during mid-season to Sociedad Deportiva Atlético Nacional.

## Primera A 2008 teams

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Atlético Nacional | Panama City | Estadio Kobee |
| Chorrillito | Arraiján | Campo de Campana |
| C.A.I. | La Chorrera | Ciudad del Niño Valdes |
| Génesis | Panama City | Estadio Balboa |
| Orión | San Miguelito | Estadio Bernardo Gil |
| Pan de Azúcar | San Miguelito | Campo de la UTP |
| Paraíso | San Miguelito | Estadio Bernardo Gil |
| Río Abajo | Panama City | Estadio Balboa |

## Primera A Apertura 2008
### Apertura 2008 Standings

| Place (Posición) | Team (Equipo) | Played (PJ) | Won (PG) | Draw (PE) | Lost (PP) | Goals Scored (GF) | Goals Conceded (GC) | +/- (Dif.) | Points (Pts.) |
| 1. | Río Abajo F.C. | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 31 |
| 2. | Orión | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 28 |
| 3. | Paraíso | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 24 |
| 4. | Chorrillito | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 23 |
| 5. | Atlético Nacional | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 31 | -3 | 21 |
| 6. | Pan de Azúcar | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 34 | -12 | 19 |
| 7. | C.A.I. | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 31 | -11 | 10 |
| 8. | Génesis | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 35 | -20 | 9 |
Green indicates Semifinal Berth

### Apertura 2008 Results table

| Home \ Away | CHO | CAI | GÉN | ORI | PAN | ATL | PAR | RÍO |
| Chorrillito | — | 1–4 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| C.A.I. | 1–1 | — | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Génesis | 1–3 | 0–5 | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | [*] | 1–2 |
| Orión | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 4–1 |
| Pan de Azúcar | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Atlético Nacional | 0–7 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 4–3 |
| Paraiso | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–6 | 6–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Río Abajo | 6–0 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — |
* [*] The score is unknown, but it was reported as a win for Paraiso F.C.

## Final round

| Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
| Río Abajo F.C. | Río Abajo F.C. | 8 | | | |
| Chorrillito | Chorrillito | 9 | | | |
| Chorrillito | Chorrillito | 9 | Chorrillito | Chorrillito | 2 |
| | | | Orion | Orion | 3 |
| Orion | Orion | 5 | Orion | Orion | 3 |
| Paraíso | Paraíso | 1 | | | |

### Final

* Apertura 2008 Champion: Orión

## Primera A Clausura 2008
### Clausura 2008 standings

| Place (Posición) | Team (Equipo) | Played (PJ) | Won (PG) | Draw (PE) | Lost (PP) | Goals Scored (GF) | Goals Conceded (GC) | +/- (Dif.) | Points (Pts.) |
| 1. | Orión | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 29 |
| 2. | Río Abajo F.C. | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 27 |
| 3. | Pan de Azúcar | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 25 |
| 4. | Chorrillito | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 21 |
| 5. | Paraíso | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 21 |
| 6. | Atlético Nacional | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 18 |
| 7. | Génesis | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 58 | -41 | 9 |
| 8. | C.A.I. | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 50 | -35 | 3 |
Green indicates Semifinal Berth (Los equipos en verde señalan los clasificados a semifinales).

### Clausura 2008 results table

| Home \ Away | CHO | CAI | GÉN | ORI | PAN | ATL | PAR | RÍO |
| Chorrillito | — | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| C.A.I. | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Génesis | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–9 |
| Orión | 3–1 | 6–1 | 9–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Pan de Azúcar | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0* | 4–2 |
| Atlético Nacional | 1–1 | 1–1 | 11–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Paraíso | 0–3** | 3–0 | 7–1 | 1–8 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 |
| Río Abajo | 5–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — |
* [*] Awarded 3–0 to Pan de Azúcar by ANAPROF because Paraíso failed the league's regulation by not bringing their away kit, thus since both teams' home kit was white the game had to be suspended.
* [**] Originally 3–1 victory for Paraíso but awarded to Chorrillito.

## Final round

| Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Semifinals (agg) | Final | Final | Final |
| Orión | Orión | 2 | | | |
| Chorrillito | Chorrillito | 3 | | | |
| Chorrillito | Chorrillito | 3 | Chorrillito | Chorrillito | 0 |
| | | | Río Abajo F.C. | Río Abajo F.C. | 2 |
| Río Abajo F.C. | Río Abajo F.C. | 8 | Río Abajo F.C. | Río Abajo F.C. | 2 |
| Pan de Azúcar | Pan de Azúcar | 0 | | | |

### Final

* Clausura 2008 Champion: Río Abajo F.C.

## Primera A 2008 Grand Final

| Club | Champion |
| Orión | Primera A 2008 Apertura Champion |
| Río Abajo F.C. | Primera A 2008 Clausura Champion |

### Final

* Primera A 2008 Champion:
* Río Abajo 1st Title

## Promotion playoff

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Plaza Amador | 3–2 | Río Abajo F.C. | 2–2 | 1–0 |
    Río Abajo remain in Primera A